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[synanthrope]

Rudy Cooper
Carla Mourir
Tony Stark
Howard Stark
Robert Chase
Mr. Blonde
Doctor House
Doctor Wilson


Mr. White
Clint
Arthur
Ben
Peter


Nigel
Stiles


Rosella
Kururu Sumeragi


Robert Chase
Mr. White
Mr. Orange
Peter Parker

Comments

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I didn't realise you could be blamed.

[synanthrope]

I find people don't let that stop them.

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It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

[synanthrope]

I get your point.

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Yes. Sure you're not tempted to list the ways in which you get it?

[synanthrope]

This isn't Green Eggs and Ham, Robert.

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No, but curses are harder to put down than kiddie books.

[synanthrope]

Yes, they are.

[What are you implying, sir?]

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[It's just an observation, of course.]

Oh no, I see,
A spider web, it's tangled up with me,
And I lost my head,
The thought of all the stupid things I said.
Oh no what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle.

[And pause for a nose wrinkle.]

I don't even like Coldplay. [But he clears his throat and looks across at her.] Number five. I hope he's not blackmailing you, too.

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[synanthrope]

No. We have an arrangement.

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[intheblanks]

What kind?

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[synanthrope]

I keep his secret, and he keeps mine.

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...I assume that means I can't ask?

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[synanthrope]

You're welcome to ask but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell you.

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Of course. You want to stay within the rules.

[Mentioning he has one to keep isn't stretching them at all. Of course, of course.]

What's the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What's the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?

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[synanthrope]

Are we playing a game?

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Your smile and the sound of your voice.

You usually are.

[That's not meant unpleasantly. It applies to most of the people he knows.]

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[synanthrope]

Not as often as you may think. Not with you.

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And the way you see through me.
Got a feeling you give me no choice.

You're interested in how people react. Doing something intended to provoke a reaction involves a degree of game playing.

But it means a lot to me.

I haven't worked out the first list, yet.

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[synanthrope]

People I've slept with.

It's incomplete, though. There are some people...it was from the last time I was here. I don't remember them all.

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[Well this reply takes a while.]

No, the first list.

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[synanthrope]

Yes.

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House.

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[synanthrope]

I think it was only once.

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[Well, then.]